Measuring-vessel



(No Model.)

E. L. DETRIOK. MEASURINQVESSBL.

No. 492,957. Patented Mar; 7, 18 93.

UNETE PAT NT Fries.

EDWARD LINCOLN DETRICK, OFSUSANVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

MEASURING-VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,957, dated March 7,1893.

Application filed September 14, 1892. Serial No. 445,896. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD LINCOLN DE- TRICK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Susanville, Lassen county, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Gontaining and Measuring Devices for Liquids;and I hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

My invention relates to a combined containing and measuring device forliquids.

It consists of a receiver, with means for delivering the liquidtherefrom, a tilting measuring device journaled with relation to thereceiver so as to be filled therefrom, and be discharged withoutremoval.

It also consists in certain details of construction which will be morefully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is an exterior view of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection taken through it.

A is a receiver and containing chamber which is made of any suitablesize having a bottom preferably slightly inclined toward the front side,and a faucet B which closes the opening at the bottom, and may be openedto discharge the contents of the receiver at any time. The cover 0 ofthe receiver is made concave as shown, having a central opening, and astopper which may be removed at any time, so that when the recei ver isto be filled from the ordinary cans of commerce, they are placed in theconcavityof the receiver with the discharge opening downward, and leftthere until emptied. After the receiver is full, the opening may beclosed. Beneath the receiver, the sides extend downwardly to as great adepth as may be desired, forming a hollow base, having an arched openingE in one side. Upon opposite sides of this opening are journal boxes orsupports F in which the ends of the measure supporting shaft H arefitted.

The measure I is made of any suitable shape and capacity, depending uponthe quantity to be handled by it at any one time. Within this measure,and preferably upon the rear side, where it can be inspected from thefront, is a scale which in the present case consists of proj ectingplates extending horizontallyinwardly into the can at different levels,each indicating a certain amount, so that when the measure has beenfilled up to either one of these projecting plates, the quantity is atonce known. This measure is supported upon the journal shafts previouslyreferred to which are fixed to its opposite sides a little above thecenter, and a little in front of its vertical central axis. Upon theside of the measure, at a point above this shaft,is a projecting arm orhandleJ which is long enough to strike against the side of the openingin which the measure is suspended, and thus act as a stop to prevent itsswinging backward beyond a vertical position. When the can has beenfilled to any desired point,

this handle serves to turn it upon its axis so as i to discharge thecontents from the front. The front upper edge of the measure is providedwith any suitably shaped spout or lip to properly direct the dischargeof the liquid from it.

By this construction the greater portion of the measure is at all timeswithin the chamber formed beneath the receiver, and in line directlybeneath the discharge opening of the faucet. It is only necessary toturn the faucet to fill the measure to the desired point, and

after closing the faucet, the measure is tilted upon itsaxis todischarge its contents. Only a small portion of the measure will everproject beyond the chamber in which it is suspended. If it is desired toremove it for any purpose, it is only necessary to remove the keys orother stops upon the ends of the shaft, when it can be slipped out, andit is as easily replaced.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a receivingand containing vessel of a faucetdischarge vertically into a chamber in line beneath the receiver, anopening made in the side of this chamber, a measuring vessel havingfulcrum shafts projecting from its sides journaled so as to swing insaid opening and beneath the discharge faucet, substantially as hereinde- 5 scribed.

2. The combination with a liquid receiving and containing vessel havinga chamber be. neath it with an opening formed in one side thereof, of ameasuring vessel having horizon- I00 tal fulcrum shafts projecting fromits opposite sides in front of a vertical central line and aboveitshorizontal center, journal-boxes upon each side of the opening in whichsaid shafts are supported and turn, an arm or handle fixed to the upperpart of the measure to seJve as a stop, and by which to turn the measureabout its axis, and a faucet fitted into the receiver adapted todischarge directly into the measuring vessel, substantially as hereindescribed. 3. The combination with a receiving and containing vessel anddischarge faucet of an open chamber beneath said vessel having anopening in one side With journal boxes upon opposite sides of theopening, a measuring, vessel having shafts projecting from its sidesabove and in front of its center and supported in the j ournal-boxes, ahandle and stop secured to the upper portion of the measure and indi- 15cating plates projecting horizontally into the interior of the measurefrom the side thereof, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDWARD LINCOLN DETRIOK. \Vitnesses:

ABE ALEXANDER, JULEs ALEXANDER.

